Forbs
Asclepias incarnata Swamp Milkweed
Asclepias syriaca Common Milkweed
Asclepias tuberosa Butterfly Milkweed
Aster laevis Smooth Blue Aster
Aster novae-angliae New England Aster
Bidens aristosa Tickseed Sunflower
Coreopsis tripteris Tall Tickseed
Desmanthus illinoensis Illinois Bundleflower
Echinacea pallida Pale Purple Coneflower
Eupatorium coelestinum Mist Flower
Eupatorium fistulosum Joe-Pye Weed
Eupatorium perfoliatum Boneset
Helenium autumnale Sneezeweed
Helianthus giganteus Giant Sunflower
Hibiscus moscheutos Swamp Hibiscus
Liatris spicata Dense Blazing Star
Lobelia cardinalis Cardinal Flower
Lobelia siphilitica Great Blue Lobelia
Ludwigia alternifolia Seedbox
Mimulus ringens Monkey Flower
Monarda fistulosa Bee Balm
Penstemon digitalis Foxglove Beardtongue
Polymnia uvedalia Leaf Cup
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium Slender Mountain Mint
Ratibida pinnata Gray-Headed Coneflower
Silphium laciniatum Compass Plant
Silphium pinnatifidum Cut-Leaf Prairie Dock
Silphium trifoliatum Whorled Rosinweed
Solidago nemoralis Gray Goldenrod
Solidago rigida Stiff Goldenrod
Verbena hastata Blue Vervain
Verbesina alternifolia Yellow Wingstem
Vernonia gigantea Ironweed
Plants for Rain Gardens

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Grasses / Sedges
Carex frankii Frank’s Sedge
Carex lupuliformis Hop-like Sedge
Carex vulpinoidea Fox Sedge
Chasmanthium latifolium River Oats
Elymus hystrix Bottlebrush Grass
Juncus effusus Soft Rush
Saccharum giganteum Giant Plume-grass
Scirpus cyperinus Woolgrass
Sporobolus heterolepis Prairie Dropseed